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Dog Company : the boys of Pointe Du Hoc--the Rangers who accomplished D-Day's toughest mission and led the way across Europe / Patrick K. O'Donnell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Da Capo Press, c2012.Description: xiv, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0306820293
  • 9780306820298 (hbk.)
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Contents:
Dog company -- "Rangers? bullshit!" -- Big Jim -- Fort Pierce and overseas -- Bude -- The needles -- The mission -- Final preparations -- A tough spot for a landing -- "Into the valley of death" -- "They sky was burning" -- The landing -- The climb -- Atop the fortress - Bunkers and farms -- The guns of Pointe du Hoc -- Swimmers -- The first counterattack -- Nighttime attacks -- June 7 -- The relief of Pointe du Hoc -- Survivors -- The assault on Brest -- Hill 63 -- The fabulous four -- Interlude -- A factory of death -- Moving out -- Bergstein -- counterattack -- The church -- The charge -- Hill 400 -- Their "longest day" -- Nightfall -- December 8 -- Final Assault on Bergstein -- Relief finally arrives -- The bulge -- Back to Hürtgen -- Crossing the Roer -- The last act.
Summary: An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company-- Dog Company-- who were in the right place at the right time: from D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened the Allied landings and the men of Dog Company scaled the ninety-foot cliffs to destroy them; to the thickly forested slopes of Hill 400, in Germany's Hürtgen Forest, where the Rangers launched a desperate bayonet charge across an open field, captured the crucial hill, and held it against all odds.
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An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe

It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company--Dog Company--who made that difference, time and again.

From D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened the Allied landings and the men of Dog Company scaled the ninety-foot cliffs to destroy them; to the thickly forested slopes of Hill 400, in Germany's Hürtgen Forest, where the Rangers launched a desperate bayonet charge across an open field, captured the crucial hill, and held it against all odds. In each battle, the men of Dog Company made the difference.

Dog Company is their unforgettable story--thoroughly researched and vividly told by acclaimed combat historian Patrick K. O'Donnell--a story of extraordinary bravery, courage, and determination. America had many heroes in World War II, but few can say that, but for them, the course of the war may have been very different. The right men, in the right place, at the right time--Dog Company.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-286) and index.

Dog company -- "Rangers? bullshit!" -- Big Jim -- Fort Pierce and overseas -- Bude -- The needles -- The mission -- Final preparations -- A tough spot for a landing -- "Into the valley of death" -- "They sky was burning" -- The landing -- The climb -- Atop the fortress - Bunkers and farms -- The guns of Pointe du Hoc -- Swimmers -- The first counterattack -- Nighttime attacks -- June 7 -- The relief of Pointe du Hoc -- Survivors -- The assault on Brest -- Hill 63 -- The fabulous four -- Interlude -- A factory of death -- Moving out -- Bergstein -- counterattack -- The church -- The charge -- Hill 400 -- Their "longest day" -- Nightfall -- December 8 -- Final Assault on Bergstein -- Relief finally arrives -- The bulge -- Back to Hürtgen -- Crossing the Roer -- The last act.

An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company-- Dog Company-- who were in the right place at the right time: from D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened the Allied landings and the men of Dog Company scaled the ninety-foot cliffs to destroy them; to the thickly forested slopes of Hill 400, in Germany's Hürtgen Forest, where the Rangers launched a desperate bayonet charge across an open field, captured the crucial hill, and held it against all odds.

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